South Normanton and Pinxton

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 12° / 7° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:28

9h 20m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chesterfield Roadside, United Kingdom

• 7.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.5% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

32 reported · August 2026▼ 32% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Other theft4
• Public order4
• Anti-social behaviour3

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Ashfield Rural · Nottinghamshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

190 reported road collisions (2025)

45 killed or seriously injured · 229 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

147 food businesses within 2 miles

• 120 rated 4–5 ★ (109 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Kirkby-in-Ashfield (4.1 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£189,498 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across Ashfield · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£795 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £560
• 2 bed £725
• 3 bed £847

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

5.6× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 5.6 times median annual pay (6.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,680 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 155.9p · Esso (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.7 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

27 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Boundary (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

126,297 residents in Ashfield · 1,153/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,177
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,805
• Net moves+1,372

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 75 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,609 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (52% of 58,000)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

50 schools · 19,690 pupils

38 primary · 7 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 19 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

47 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Ashfield

797 CQC-registered services

• Care homes282
• GP practices108
• Dentists132
• Homecare agencies205
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Nottinghamshire

• Within the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

106 applications decided

92.5% granted · 98 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Lee Anderson

Reform UK

Ashfield

Source: UK Parliament

Independent majority

• Con 1
• Ref 3
• Oth 31

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,815 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£676 median full-time weekly pay

3.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,973 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 62,893 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 24% · Biomass 19% · Solar 6%

214 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.8 yrs women · 78.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Nottinghamshire): 58.7 women · 58.9 men

71% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile6.8
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

7 GP surgeries · 11 pharmacies in NG16

• Eastwood Primary Care Centre, Church Street Site
• Newthorpe Medical Practice
• Selston Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Ashfield:

• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills712 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth188 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Provide lifelong vet care and financial support for retired service animals171 local signatures · 55,079 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK127 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND124 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Pinxton and Selston railway station · 0.2 km

  Pinxton and Selston railway station served the villages of Pinxton, Derbyshire and Selston, Nottinghamshire. It was located on the Midland Railway's Mansfield Branch Line. It was one of three stations that served the…

• Pinxton South railway station · 0.9 km

  Pinxton South railway station was a former railway station that served Pinxton, Derbyshire; the station site lies within the parish of Selston, Nottinghamshire. It was opened by the Great Northern Railway as "Pinxton"…

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  Pinxton · 1.0 km

  Pinxton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire on the western boundary of Nottinghamshire, England, just south of the Pinxton Interchange at Junction 28 of the M1 motorway where the A38 road meets the M1. Pinxton…

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  St Helen's Church, Selston · 1.2 km

  St Helen's Church, Selston is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Selston, Nottinghamshire. It is part of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.

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  Selston High School · 1.4 km

  Selston High School is a mixed secondary school that educates students aged 11–16. It is located in Selston, Nottinghamshire, England. The headteacher is Mr David Broomhead.

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  Selston F.C. · 1.4 km

  Selston F.C. is a football club based in Selston, Nottinghamshire. They are currently members of the United Counties League Division One and play at the Parish Hall Ground.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)